SHORT TAKES : Record Price for Acoustic Guitar

A 1964 acoustic guitar from the collection of English classical guitarist Julian Bream has been sold for $26,100, a world auction record for the instrument, Sotheby’s said.

The guitar, made by Robert Bouchet in Paris, was bought Thursday by a Japanese dealer whose name was not available. The previous record was $18,900 paid in 1974 for a south German guitar made in 1624. Bream has said he plays his guitars for two years and then likes to sell them for others to play.

Electric guitars, when associated with rock stars, sell for far more money. One owned by the late Jimi Hendrix sold in April for $322,000.